Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-04-25
State News Items.

40 church edifceS, worth over Sl20 900.
Rev. w. H. Collins, rector of st. Mi
chaers church at BrattlebOro. has resign
ed.
S. ID. E>tabrook OF Danville has a con-
:ract To send Il ton of maple sugar and
honey To California.
The Advent church at Richford has vOt-
ed TO sell its interest in the Union church
to the Baptists for So, 800.
steam saw-mill in Chitte nden, own
ed by Messrs. d. NJ. White and Reuben
Ranger, was burned Thursday night.
The little five year old daughter of AL
fred Beaupre of Burlington fell into tub
of hot water, recently, and received lnju
ries which resulted fatally in about ten
hours.
One of the new manufacturing concerns
about To commence operations in Swan
ton is the Atwood Manufacturing Com
pauy, incorporated under the laws of Yer
mont, with ii capital of $4,000.
During the recent food in Bolton Mr..
lambs, which were drowned in the barn
by the high water, together with two
two-year-old cattle and four calves.
The case of Mrs. Stella Brown of Con-
cord, n. H, against the Central Vermont
railroad To recover damages for the loss
of an arm at Charleston, n. H., IA few
years since, has been settled, the corpor-
alton paying 81 900 and all costs, includ-
ing counsel fees.
The commission of veterans appointed
to secure Il site for the state monument
at Gettysburg met at Rutland Monday.
party of about twenty five will visit
the battlefield. The state appropriation
of 50, 800 is expected to cover the cost of
the grounds and the state and regimental
monuments.
The new trestle over White River at
WesI Hartford, made necessary by the ~
cent washing away of the greater part of
the treste built to take the place of the
bridge destroyed at the time of the wreck,
was completed on the afternoon of the
18th inst, and traius are now running
over as usual. An iron bridge is To be
substituted as soon as material can he
prepared.
'.Slip Hill," Oh the Central Vermont
railroad between MidIleseX and Water
bury was the scene of Il land slide and an
accident 10 freight train Monday morn
ing. The engineer saw the obstruction,
DuU before the tram could be stopped the
engine, the stranger" struck the slide,
was derailed and went down the bank, Il
distance of about IA hundred feet into the
river. the blow was SO sharp as To break
the coupling between the engine aud ten
der, 50 that only the former was thrown
down the embdnkment. The mass of |
dirt, roots and stones Slid for distance
of forty feet or more to the track, which |
it covered for some sixty feet, being six
feet deep in some places. Engineer York |
and his fireman had just notice enough of |
the danger to jump OF ON the side next to |
the river, where there was only little /
space between the rail and the edge of /
the bank The engine went down head
foremost, and their escape from fatal in
jury was very narrow. The obstruction
was removed 50 that the noon express
south was allowed To pass the point. The
engine, which lies on her side, almost en-
tirelY under water, will probably be taken
10 pieces, as it would be almost impossi-
bic to raise her. Had Halls train" north
been instructed to meet the freight at
Waterbury, instead Of waiting at Middle
sex the accident must have been fear
ful one, as the train would have been
upon d down grade and probably at Il
high rate of speed when it reached the
slide. '.HaIl's train" carried several pas
and Hon. Charles Dewey and
Mr.. james K. Laugdon were among the
W0tchmaR.